SEA FISHING FROM SMALL BOATS 



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A still stronger form of paternoster can easily be made for 

 use in very deep water where the fish are large and heavy 

 leads are required. The upright portion may be 

 r/,/ made of strong hemp line served with wire at 



intervals where flat booms, made of horn and 

 CO) bored at one end to take the line, revolve. To 



DEAL SWIVEL BOOM FOR PATERNOSTER 



the end of each boom (these measure 

 four or five inches) should be six inches 

 of tarred snooding, twisted up hard. 

 Then comes a swivel, and beyond that 

 from one to two feet of either gimp, 



twisted gut, or fine plaited line, according to the fish which 



are sought after. If conger or dogfish are abundant, the re- 

 marks on hooks and snooding for these fish 



given on p. 74 should be noted. This is 



useful tackle on a hand line in deep water, 



in which case one should have three little 



booms placed at intervals of six feet. For 



rod work, on the other hand, the topmost 



boom must not be further from the lead than 



the length of the rod. 



The flattened cone lead, shown in the 



illustration, is rather a favourite of mine. I 



first saw it at Deal. It offers very little 



resistance to the water after being lowered, 



but does not sink so rapidly as the one next to be described. 

 A simple and excellent weight can be made out of a piece 



of composition gas piping. The requisite length is cut off and 



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FLATTENED 

 CONE LEAD 



